The Hands Behind Mudras

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Yotam Kafri - Founder & Master Therapist

With over 20 years of hands-on experience, Yotam has dedicated his life to the art and science of bodywork.

His approach blends technical precision with an intuitive understanding of the human body - developed through decades of practice, study, and collaboration with elite athletes, performers, and rehabilitation experts.

From his early training in advanced Western, European, and Eastern modalities to years of working directly with clients seeking and demanding optimal recovery and performance, Yotam has built a reputation for excellence and care.

At Mudras, his philosophy is simple yet profound: to listen deeply and to assess each individual’s movement before every session. This guiding principle shapes every experience, ensuring that each session not only relieves tension, restores balance and optimal results.

Yotam continues to lead and mentor the Mudras team, setting the highest standards in technique, consistency, and integrity. His goals have always been to continue creating a safe place where expert touch meets genuine understanding.

Where It Started

Mudras began with Yotam recognizing that most bodywork and massage therapy in New York has the same preset script, regardless of who walks through the door. For over two decades, what started as a different approach has become a practice where people find what they've been looking for. Two decades means countless hours spent understanding how bodies hold tension, how they respond to different techniques, and what creates real change rather than temporary comfort. That's what shapes how we work today.

Who We Work With:

  • NBA and WNBA players

  • FIFA players

  • Olympic athletes

  • MMA fighters

  • UFC fighters

  • Marathon, Ironman, and Triathlon athletes

  • Professional Dancers

  • Broadway performers

  • Hollywood actors and actresses

Where We Work:

  • Our Chelsea location in Manhattan

  • Residences throughout New York

  • Wellness retreats and sports team recovery

  • International locations when clients need consistent care

These relationships exist through referrals, not marketing. People recommend Mudras® when they've experienced the difference themselves.

How It Works

Your Mudras session begins when you walk in. Your specialist observes how you move, how you carry yourself, where tension shows before you mention it.

During the conversation, you describe what you're experiencing. Then your specialist's hands confirm what your body is actually holding. Sessions evolve based on what we discover. When tissue releases, we adjust. When a pattern becomes clear, technique shifts.

The only predetermined element is our commitment to addressing what your body genuinely needs right now.

What We Built

The Mudras space feels different the moment you arrive. Clean, quiet, private. Nothing rushed. Everything considered. This environment reflects what matters here before any session begins.
Each session starts with understanding your body's story. Our specialists notice how you move, listen to what you describe, then design the work around what your body needs. This takes both technical knowledge and the intuition that develops through years of dedicated practice.

When someone trusts you with their body, especially when their performance depends on it, everything about how you work must honor that trust. Discretion, consistency, and genuine expertise aren't optional here.

Twenty Years, Still Learning

Twenty years of practice hasn't meant perfecting a final method. Every body teaches us something. Every specialist continues studying, questioning, refining their approach.

Yotam still explores techniques that might improve what Mudras offers. The team works together, shares observations, challenges each other's assumptions. Standards stay high because we never assume we've learned everything.

What continues looks like what started this practice: an unwavering commitment to the people who trust us with their bodies, and a refusal to compromise on what we know works.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Yotam Kafri is the founder and master therapist at Mudras, with over 20 years of hands-on experience.

    He is trained in advanced Western, European, and Eastern modalities and has built his reputation through decades of collaboration with elite athletes, performers, rehabilitation experts, executives, and high-performing professionals.

  • Yotam comes from a third-generation family of healing arts practitioners. Healing was part of daily life, and people naturally gravitated to him, seeking guidance, relief, and support.

    He noticed a persistent problem in NYC bodywork: clients with very different bodies and needs were often receiving the same routine session. Mudras was born to do the opposite.

    Key principles behind Mudras include:

    • Rejecting one-size-fits-all sessions: Every body is unique, and every session should reflect that.

    • Customization based on assessment: Techniques are selected in real time, guided by how your body presents that day.

    • Results over temporary comfort: The goal is lasting change, not just a “feel-good” moment.

    • A long-term, evolving craft: Decades of refinement, study, and mentorship ensure sessions maintain the highest standards.

    • Designed for high performers: Busy creatives, executives, and athletes have a calm, safe space to pause, soften, and receive the attention their body truly deserves.

    At Mudras, every session is intentionally tailored, blending clinical knowledge, signature modalities like BodyReset, and intuitive care to create lasting results.

  • Mudras works with:

    • NBA and WNBA players

    • FIFA and Olympic athletes

    • MMA and UFC fighters

    • Marathon and triathlon athletes

    • Professional dancers, Broadway performers, Hollywood actors

    • Executives and high-performing professionals seeking expert care

    Most clients come through referrals, not marketing, reflecting the trust and discretion Mudras maintains.

  • Yotam’s philosophy centers on listening deeply and observing movement before every session.

    Your specialist evaluates how you move, where tension accumulates, and how your body presents before you even speak. Sessions evolve naturally based on what your body communicates.

    Techniques may include BodyReset, deep tissue, neuromuscular therapy, assisted stretching, and other signature modalities, applied intentionally and only when appropriate for your body.

  • Yes. Yotam continues to see clients personally while leading and mentoring the Mudras team.

    He sets the standards for technique, consistency, and integrity, and continually explores new methods to enhance what Mudras offers.